Strasbourg

Strasbourg, France translates to "road town" more or less, which it was called because it was for many hundreds of years a stop along a popular trade route. The city was first mentioned in written history in 12 BC.

This time of year it is known, as are many European cities with a scenic space to host one, for its Christmas market. The market consists of a number of temporary structures erected to sell Christmas-themed decorations, edibles, etc.

We drank vin chaud, a hot-spiced wine that was everywhere to be found in big steaming pots and large thermal-insulated containers. We had a very robust french lunch/dinner; Jaime ate a part of a roasted pork leg smothered in Munster cheese. My god, I love french food. It is hard to imagine the mindset of the person who first thought something as rich as a leg of pork needed all that cheese on top, but it was absolutely delicious. The meal certainly fulfilled our desire to have a traditional meal in France.










It was very cold and snowed some of the time. Jaime improvised a face mask that doubled as modesty, then discovered a small door.




Strasbourg Cathedral was the tallest building in the world from 1647 to 1874, when it was trumped by a cathedral in Germany.